Introduction “Don Jon” is a contemporary romantic dramedy that explores the intricate themes of addiction, emotional connections alongside modern media’s unrealistic expectations. It is an exploration of the intimate bonds between people and their addictions. This film serves as the directorial debut for Joseph Gordon-Levitt who made his mark directing, writing, and acting in this […]
Introduction Sexual Chronicles of a French Family is a film from France that falls under the comedy-drama genre, touching upon sexuality as presented through the scope of a family across different generations. As much as it seeks to normalize depicting sex in movies, the ultimate goal is addressing the taboo and using everyday life scenarios
Little Children, released in 2006 and directed by Todd Field alongside co-writer Tom Perotta, is a fascinating portrayal of suburban American life along with the moral quagmire it often gets engulfed in. The movie revolves around a New England suburb with an overhanging sense of calm that undermines a reality fraught with emotional discontent. Everything
Raven’s Touch is a soothing story that focuses on LGBTQ+ themes within an intersection of healing, identity, and weird friendship. This film, cocommanded by Marina Rice Bader and Dreya Weber where the latter plays a dual role of starring and writing, tells us the tale of two women who share emotional traumas find refuge together
Adapted from Michael Crichton’s book of the same name, Barry Levinson’s Disclosure remains one of the most controversial workplace thrillers of the 1990s. It sparked discussion and controversy for financially succeeding during a time were gender roles were in wider debate, garnering $214 million on a $55 Million budget. Widely regarded as ‘changing the game’
Introduction and Production Background Below Her Mouth is a 2016 Canadian film that is a blend of romance, erotica and drama. It received a lot of recognition for its audacious storytelling techniques as well as for the use of an all-female production crew. The lead roles were two women who famously had an affair for
Introduction MILF is an American sex-comedy film released direct-to-video on October 26, 2010. Scott Wheeler directed the film MILF which was produced by The Asylum, a production company notorious for its movies with low budgets yet high-concepts in genre filmmaking. The Asylum makes these attempts to parody teen and college sex films of the early
Introduction Colin Jost’s Staten Island Summer is an American coming-of-age comedy released in 2015 that blends nostalgic reflection with a mix of adolescent hijinks. It stars a close friend group navigating high school’s end and adulthood’s beginning. Like many films, it came out digitally first on June 30, 2015, but later streamed on Netflix. The
Synopsis Celebrity Sex Tape follows the ‘washed’ actress who’s career experiences a renaissance when a group of socially inept college boys film and later leak a sex tape featuring her. The film comically portrays the desperate Hollywood aspirants that flock to Los Angeles hoping for success stemming from a single self-released tape. The movie starts
Sex Is Zero is a 2002 South Korean film directed and written by Yoon Je-kyoon, skillfully combining outrageous moments with unexpected emotional depth. Dubbed Korea’s response to American sex comedies such as American Pie, the movie offers a crude yet revealing caricature of college life, blending base humor with earnest social criticism. This film became
